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‘I do not believe that it is possible to give an interpretation different from the one that has been presented by the tradition and magisterium of the Church without being unfaithful to the revealed Word.’

But shall a voice crying in the wilderness be heard – let alone understood or merely tolerated – by those who want something other than a well-developed and structured doctrine offered in its integrity .. and those who stand-by to applaud the desire for a change?

‘Not even an ecumenical council can change the doctrine of the Church, because its founder, Jesus Christ, has entrusted the faithful custody of his teachings and his doctrine to the apostles and their successors. We have a well-developed and structured doctrine on marriage, based on the word of Jesus, which must be offered in its integrity.’ Gerhard Ludwig Müller, The Hope of the Family.’